16. Friction Pendulum System - Seismic Isolation - High Load Multi-Rotational Bearings
For RM Bridge inside OpenBridge Designer , as shown in the pictures below, the Friction Pendulum System - FPS - is a support device that provides the structure with some level of Seismic Isolation , it is also known as High Load Multi-Rotational - HLMR…
Partial Twin Leaf Pier Connections
The Partial Twin Leaf Pier Bottom Connections could be modeled by attaching the Previous full Cross-section to the new Double Leaf CS thru its nodes.
As shown in the picture below, the best practice is to use different node numbers and use rigid links…